CD5: Child, Family and Community

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CD5 Child, Family and Community

• CD2 Historical and Philosophical Perspectives

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20 Questions (and answers) !

• 1. What is history?

• A bunch of facts
• A bunch of dates
• The story of what happened and why
• All of the above

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20 Questions (and answers) !

• 1. What is history?

• A bunch of facts
• A bunch of dates
• The story of what happened and why
• All of the above

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• 2. What is philosophy?

• A) tells me what to do in my life
• B) a foundation for decisions and values
• C) someones opinion
• D) a set of ideals to live by

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• 2. What is philosophy?

• A) tells me what to do in my life
• B) a foundation for decisions and values
• C) someones opinion
• D) a set of ideals to live by

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• 3. Why do we need to pay attention to our history?

• A) so we dont make the same mistakes
• B) so we can track our progress as a society
• C) A and B

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• 3. Why do we need to pay attention to our history?

• A) so we dont make the same mistakes
• B) so we can track our progress as a society
• C) A and B

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• 4. What can we get out of paying attention to the
  history of other cultures?

• A) Learn about their culture
• B) Learn about their philosophies
• C) Learn about their mistakes
• D) Learn about their progress

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• 4. What can we get out of paying attention to the
  history of other cultures?

• A) Learn about their culture
• B) Learn about their philosophies
• C) Learn about their mistakes
• D) Learn about their progress

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• 5. What does the US Government do for education?

• A) Pay for it!
• B) Tell us how to educate our children
• C) Limit education to special needs people
• D) Require teachers to use government info

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• 5. What does the US Government do for education?

• A) Pay for it!
• B) Tell us how to educate our children
• C) Limit education to special needs people
• D) Require teachers to use their materials

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Agenda

• CARES/CDTC info with Dr. Bumgarner
• Ch 2 Slides
• Break
• Neighborhood Activity

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History of ECE

• Past
• Little to no regard for children
• Few disagreements on how to educate
• Present
• High regard for children
• Lots of disagreement on how to educate

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Why so much disagreement?

• Philosophical differences about
• The purpose of education
• The how of education
• Theoretical differences for describing
• What learning is
• How children learn
• Intelligence
• What creates learning
• The effects of nature and nurture
• Learning and intelligence

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Partners in Education

• Individual Citizens
• Governments
• Universities
• Educational Organizations
• Community Groups
• Parents Teachers

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Changes in Education Over Time

• Philosophy of education
• Beliefs about children
• Political and legal landscape
• Parent roles
• Teacher roles
• Cultural influences

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Contributions to Education

• Family contributions
• School contributions
• Community contributions
• Legal contributions
• Technological contributions

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BREAK - 10 minutes
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Neighborhood Activity

• 1. Select a sticky
• Blue cards Neighbors
• Green cards News Reporters

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• 2. Find your neighbors
• 1. Find who lives on the same street as you!
• Talk about
• What do you think about where we have come from
  and where we are in education today?
• 2. Find your news team
• Get your news from Dionne
• Talk about how reporters get the news
• Select interview questions to get the news
• Go to your neighborhood and do interviews

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3. News Reports

• On ____ Street, residents are saying . . . .